Culinary chopper.



No. 832,859. PATENTED OCT. 9, 1906,`

B. HAWK.

CULINARY GHOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

CULINARY CHOPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

hnlication filed Augustv1,1904. Serial No- 219.050.

T0 {L7/Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENNETT HAWK, a citi- Zen of the United States of America, and a resident of Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOulinary Choppers, of which the following is a sp ecific ation.

This invention relates to improvements in culinary choppers; and the object thereof is to provide, in connection with a chopping instrument, means to hold the containing vessel steady during the operation of the chopping instrument. I accomplish this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichi Figure l is a side elevation of the chopping instrument in position in a chopping-bowl, the latter being shown in section; and Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the chopping instrument.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Referring to the drawings, l is thehandle of the chopping instrument, and 3 represents radial arms at the lower end thereof. 4represents downwardly -extending lugs ranging upon corresponding sides of said arms, and 5 represents downwardlyextending lugs arranged upon the corresponding sides of said arms opposite the lugs 4. 6 represents cutting-blades arranged, respectively, in connection with the said arms 3, with their upper edges insertedbetween said lugs 4 on one side of the blades and the lugs 5 upon the opposite sides thereof. The lugs 5 each has a stud 7, which extends so as to be adapted to extend through a corresponding hole 8 in the corresponding blade. The casting forming the handle l and arms 3 is made of malleable iron or other metal capable of bein bent in order to reduce the liability of breagliage and also to render it suitable to bend the lugs '5 outwardly, so that the blades may be inserted between the lugs 4 and the corresponding ends of the studs 7 when said lugs 5 are bent outward. Vhen the blades are thus placed in position,y the lugs 5 are bent back into normal position against the corresponding sides of the blade 6, with their studs 7 projecting through the holes 8 in said blades. The projecting ends of said studs are then upset, and said blades are thereby secured permanently in rigid connection with the corresponding arms 3.

The handle 1 is hollow, and a guide-rod 2 is inserted through said handle, and the handle, together with its attached blades, is adapted to be moved vertically and rotatively upon said rod.

In the use of this invention the rod 2 is inserted in the handle, as aforesaid, and the material to be chopped is placed in a suitable chopping-bowl 9. The top of the rod 2 is then grasped by one hand and the handle 1 by the other, and the lower end of the rod 2 is then placed within the choppirigebowl and pressed downward firmly, so as to hold said bowl steady, and then the handle is reciprovcated upon said rod, so that the blades strike the material to be chopped.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In apparatus of the class described the combination with the chopping-bowl, of a chopper having blades in connection with a central hollow handle, and the guide-rod having a handle at its upper end, and extending loosely through said handle with its lower end acting against the bowl, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I a'Hix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENNETT HAWK. 

